Slow-Cooker Barbecue Bacon Cheeseburger Meatballs
Cheese-stuffed beef-and-bacon meatballs simmered in barbecue sauce in the slow cooker, served on cocktail picks with dill pickle slices.
🍳 Cook: 240 min🍽️ Makes 24
Ingredients
| 1 lb | 455 g | lean (at least 85%) ground beef |
| 2 slices | bacon, chopped | |
| 1/2 cup | 120 ml | Progresso plain panko crispy bread crumbs |
| 1/2 cup | 120 ml | finely chopped onion |
| 1/4 cup | 60 ml | milk |
| 1 | egg, slightly beaten | |
| 1 tablespoon | 15 ml | honey |
| 1 tablespoon | 15 ml | Montreal steak grill seasoning |
| 1 teaspoon | 5 ml | salt |
| 24 | (1/2-inch) cubes sharp Cheddar cheese (3 oz) | |
| 1 bottle (18 oz) | barbecue sauce | |
| 24 | dill pickle slices |
Instructions
- Spray a 3 1/2- or 4-quart slow cooker with cooking spray.
- In a large bowl, mix the beef, bacon, bread crumbs, onion, milk, egg, honey, grill seasoning and salt. Shape into about 24 (1 1/2-inch) meatballs; tuck one piece of cheese in the center of each meatball, and seal completely. Add the meatballs to the slow cooker. Add the barbecue sauce, and gently turn to coat.
- Cover; cook on Low heat setting 3 to 4 hours or until the meatballs are thoroughly cooked (165°F); stir. Thread the pickle slices on cocktail picks, and serve with the meatballs.